” “” ” The protection of the person is "a service that the Church wishes to render to the true dignity of man, created in resemblance of God". It was repeated by the Pope, who, in his speech to the diplomatic corps, deplored once again "the relentless attacks that are perpetrated in all the continents against human life". Mentioning in particular the recent UN moratorium on death penalty, Benedict XVI expressed the wish that "such initiative may stimulate the public debate on the sacred character of human life". Mentioning the 60th anniversary of the universal declaration on human rights, with which "our society rightly framed the greatness and dignity of the human being", the Holy Father recalled that "in all continents the Catholic Church works so that human rights are not merely proclaimed, but enforced": hence the wish that "the bodies designed to defend and promote human rights will concentrate all their energies to do that, and in particular that the Council of Human Rights may be able to respond to the expectations aroused when it was established" (continued). ” “
